B5 definitions

Question 1

aphid

Answer 1

small bug suck sap from plants stems which results in:

• reduced rate of growth
• wilting
• discolouration of leaves

Question 2

bacterium

Answer 2

bacteria reproduce rapidly inside organisms and may produce toxins that damage tissues and cause illness

Question 3

communicable diesease

Answer 3

a disease spread by a pathogen

Question 4

fungicide

Answer 4

kill fungi

Question 5

fungus

Answer 5

a type of pathogen prokaryotic

Question 6

mimic

Answer 6

to copy (symptoms)

Question 7

pathogen

Answer 7

microorganism that causes disease

Question 8

pathogen

Answer 8

microorganism that causes disease

Question 9

protist

Answer 9

a type of pathogen eukaryotic

Question 10

std

Answer 10

disease transmitted through sexual relations

Question 11

toxin

Answer 11

can damage cells and cause disease

Question 12

vector

Answer 12

organisms that spread a disease by carrying infected pathogens from one person to another

Question 13

virus

Answer 13

a type of pathogen, neither pro or eukaryotic as they are non-cellular